NewtB
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So after much web-searching about A. Macrodactylum I had learned 2 things (amongst many): 1. These guys morph around July, and 2. typically it's because their ponds are shrinking around that time.
When I first got Something Else (this is the name of my newly morphed salamander) he came from my oldest son's preschool who had accidentally caught him amongst catching tadpoles. Since he had eaten all but 2 of their tadpoles, they gave him to me. However he was a bit bigger than even my largest larvae, so I stuck him in a large glass bowl of pond water until I could get another suitable tank for him. He was in this bowl for several days, then in a creature keeper tank for several days before I put him into a larger tank. By then, however, he had already started metamorphosis. It wasn't until today that it struck me - by placing him in that bowl of water, he thought his pond was shrinking, and therefore forced metamorphosis! Has anyone else ever seen this happen? Any poor results over it?
When I first got Something Else (this is the name of my newly morphed salamander) he came from my oldest son's preschool who had accidentally caught him amongst catching tadpoles. Since he had eaten all but 2 of their tadpoles, they gave him to me. However he was a bit bigger than even my largest larvae, so I stuck him in a large glass bowl of pond water until I could get another suitable tank for him. He was in this bowl for several days, then in a creature keeper tank for several days before I put him into a larger tank. By then, however, he had already started metamorphosis. It wasn't until today that it struck me - by placing him in that bowl of water, he thought his pond was shrinking, and therefore forced metamorphosis! Has anyone else ever seen this happen? Any poor results over it?